WIDEfield Sadr region Pentax 135mm lens

[Magnum]

Quite enjoying wide field imaging at the moment, so pointed the camera towards the Sadr ( Gamma Cygni ) region last night. started clouding over at 1:30 am so only managed 1.5 hours of good data, but really happy with the result, really nice field of view including the crescent nebula at the bottom. So this is 6 x 15 min subs in Hydrogen Alpha, with the Atik383L CCD & my old Pentax 135mm SMC @f5.6. Considering this lens was full of fungus and had it to bits for cleaning its not doing too bad is it 🙂

Now is using an EQ8 overkill for imaging with a 135mm lens LOL, and guiding with my 5" triplet at 950mm FL? 😛

 

Lee

[vineyard]

There is no such as thing as being overmounted  That's a lovely shot.

[Magnum]

thanks

[MarkAR]

Superb.

[Hallingskies]

Those old Pentax 135s are good lenses.  Got one myself.

[x6gas]

That's a lovely, lovely image.  Wonderful field of view and beautifully framed.  Just goes to show you don't need blingy colour (or indeed any colour) to create a stunning image.